Lafayette township, McKean County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 8 (11% naturalized citizens)
| Lafayette township: | 7.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
50% of Lafayette township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 16% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 26% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 849
- Northeast: 541
- Midwest: 362
- South: 349
- West: 20
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
1,368 people in federal prisons and detention centers
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 505
- Two: 5
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 148
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,100
Housing units in Lafayette township with a mortgage: 128 (13 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 94
- Construction (9%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (14%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lafayette township:
- German (15.1%)
- United States or American (9.9%)
- Italian (8.3%)
- Irish (7.9%)
- English (5.1%)
- African (3.5%)
- Polish (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Jamaica (27%)
- Cuba (18%)
- Dominican Republic (10%)
- Haiti (9%)
- Colombia (8%)
- Mexico (7%)
- Germany (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 396 (80%)
- Carpooled: 53 (11%)
- Walked: 32 (7%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 4 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (58%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Wood (10%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
1,368 people in federal prisons and detention centers
83.4% of residents of Lafayette township speak English at home.
12.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
3.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 967- In family households: 813 (250 male householders, 38 female householders)
248 spouses, 250 children (236 natural, 2 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 2 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 154 (86 male householders (78 living alone)), 50 female householders (46 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,373 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 131 2-persons, 74 3-persons, 66 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 7 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 124 1-person, 10 2-persons, 2 5-persons,
158 married couples with children.
31 single-parent households (12 men, 19 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 9.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 52
| Here: | 42.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 17
| Here: | 33.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |